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ROBO-8913VG2AR 

 
 
 
 
 

Single Board Computer 

 
 
 
 
 

User's Manual 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Version 1.

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Copyright © Portwell, Inc., 2008. All rights reserved. 

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Page 1: ...913VG2AR Single Board Computer User s Manual Version 1 1 Copyright Portwell Inc 2008 All rights reserved All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners S t o c k C h e c k...

Page 2: ...d Graphics GMCH Chip 3 5 3 3 3 On board Fast Ethernet Controller 3 6 3 3 4 On board AC 97 Audio Device 3 6 3 3 5 Intel Matrix Storage Manager Device 3 7 3 3 6 AMT Function Installation 3 8 3 4 Clear C...

Page 3: ...function Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information Specifies the meaning of each setup parameters how to get advanced BIOS performance and update new BIOS In addition POST checkpoint list will give users some...

Page 4: ...s could be four PCI Express x1 links or one PCI Express x4 link Four PCI Express x1 links configuration can support more PCI Express x1 devices via backplane and one PCI Express x4 link configuration...

Page 5: ...PCI Express x1 and four PCI devices via backplane The PICMG 1 3 SHB is the best solution of applications such like flight simulation image processing broadcasting and so on that need performance of d...

Page 6: ...ough backplane SATA Four SATA 300 ports on board and dual SATA 300 ports via backplane Support Intel Matrix Storage Technology based on Intel ICH9DO Floppy Drive Interface Support one FDD port up to t...

Page 7: ...able high driving GPIO Cooling Fans Support one 4 pin power connector for CPU fan and one 3 pin power connector for system fan System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature system temperature and...

Page 8: ...t high performance graphics cards Along with the highest 1 333MHz FSB of processor the parallel system memory is up to DDR2 800 as well The companion I O controller ICH9DO has six PCI Express x1 links...

Page 9: ...f interface via backplane Super I O chip W83627 is responsible for PS 2 keyboard mouse UARTs FDC hardware monitor Parallel and Watch Dog Timer interface RGB INTEL LGA775 Core 2 Duo Wolfdale Family Q35...

Page 10: ...hancement The others are for testing purpose only and should not be altered To select any option cover the jumper cap over SHORT or remove NC it from the jumper pins according to the following instruc...

Page 11: ...header J2 SMBUS Connector 5x1 pin header J3 External Speaker Connector 4x1 pin header J4 Gigabit Ethernet Indication ACT LINK Header 4x1 pin header J5 Power On Off Header AT MODE Optional J6 SATA LED...

Page 12: ...ector J32 VGA D SUB Connector J33 Audio CD IN Connector J36 CASEOPEN Optional Pin Assignments of Connectors J1 IrDA Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 5V 2 N C 3 IRRX 4 IRTX 5 Ground 6 N C J2 SMBUS...

Page 13: ...PIN No Signal Description 1 SATALED 2 3 3V J7 AMT Active LED Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 AMTLED 2 5 5V J8 Suspend Active LED Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Suspend 2 5 5V J10 CPU Fan...

Page 14: ...ound 18 Direction 19 Ground 20 Step 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 0 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Head Select 33 Ground 34 Disk Ch...

Page 15: ...RXD Receive Data TX DATA 4 RTS Request to Send N C N C 5 TXD Transmit Data RX N C 6 CTS Clear to Send N C N C 7 DTR Data Terminal Ready RX N C 8 RI Ring Indicator N C N C 9 GND Ground GND GND 10 N C...

Page 16: ...ription PIN No Signal Description 1 5V Dual 2 5V Dual 3 USB 4 USB 5 USB 6 USB 7 Ground 8 Ground Key no pin 10 N C Note 5V Dual is always available It s supplied by either 5V VCC power source in normal...

Page 17: ...NID0 5V I F 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 5V 10 Ground 11 Monitor ID1 MONID1 5V I F 12 VGA DDC Data 5V I F 13 Horizontal Sync HSYNC 5V I F 14 Vertical Sync VSYNC 5V I F 15 VGA DDC Clock 5V I F...

Page 18: ...Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end Following step A position to step B position Figure 3 1 Figure 3 1 2 Align the processor pins with pinholes on the socket M...

Page 19: ...on ROBO 8913VG2AR User s Manual 3 2 Figure 3 2 Figure 3 3 Figure 3 4 Triangle mark is meaning first pin position kindly assemble and take aim at notch of top and bottom between CPU and socket S t o c...

Page 20: ...power source Don t forget to connect 4pin 0r 8 pin 12V connector to J12 J12 12V CPU Supplementary Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 12V 4 12V Removing CPU 1 Unlock the cooling fa...

Page 21: ...bandwidth of memory bus Adequate or higher bandwidth of memory than processor would increase system performance To enable Dual Channel DDR2 memory technology you have to install dual identical memory...

Page 22: ...ating Systems such as Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed You can find very easily this chipset component driver in ROBO 8913 CD title 3 3 2 In...

Page 23: ...Windows 2000 XP System 32 Bit file to start Intel LAN driver installation Windows XP 64 bit Please execute Install for Windows XP System 64 bit file to Ethernet intel intel_Gigabit_64bit Pass below b...

Page 24: ...d and write data in parallel interleaved stacks Two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate double that of a single disk alone thus improving data acce...

Page 25: ...drive to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets This technology also allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data 3 3 6 AMT Function Installation A major barrier to...

Page 26: ...that is written in C language User can fill a non zero value into the Time out Value Register to enable refresh WDT System will be reset after the Time out Value to be counted down to zero Or user ca...

Page 27: ...gramming register bit of I O Selection To invert port value the setting of Inversion Register has to be made Port values can be set to read or write through Data Register 3 5 1 Pin assignment J19 Gene...

Page 28: ...med to control the GPIO direction and status GPI value GPO CR00h CR2F are common global registers to all Logical Devices LD in W83627HG CR07h contains the Logical Device Number that can be changed to...

Page 29: ...3627HG AW CR it is needed to Enter Enable Configuration Mode first When completing the programming it is suggested to Exit Disable Configuration Mode Enter Configuration Mode Write 87h to IO port EFER...

Page 30: ...d2 Get_CFG2 0x2A d2 d2 0x7F 0x80 Set_CFG2 0x2A d2 IO test loop 1 Set GPIO Port 1 of Superio 2 Enable Set_CFG2 0x07 0x07 Select logic device 07 of Superio2 Set_CFG2 0x30 0x01 Enable GPIO Port 1 of Sup...

Page 31: ...back all GPIO Port1 of Superio 2 to hi Set_CFG2 0x07 0x07 Select logic device 07 Set_CFG2 0xF1 0xEF GP14 of Superio2 GP10 of Superio2 Set_CFG2 0x07 0x07 Select logic device 07 of Superio2 d2 Get_CFG2...

Page 32: ...to enter the SETUP program Some errors are significant enough to abort the start up 4 1 Entering Setup Launch System Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST Power On Self Test proce...

Page 33: ...ime date etc AMI BIOS Processor System Memory These items show the firmware and hardware specifications of your system Read only System Time The time format is Hour Minute Second Use or to configure s...

Page 34: ...n ROBO 8913VG2AR User s Manual 4 3 4 3 Advanced Use this menu to set up the items of special enhanced features CPU Configuration These items show the advanced specifications of your CPU Read only S t...

Page 35: ...hoice Disabled Enabled Core Multi Processing Disabled disable one execution core of each CPU die The choice Disabled Enabled Intel R SpeedStep tm tech Disabled Enabled GV3 tech function The choice Dis...

Page 36: ...IDE Master Slave While entering setup BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices Type Press PgUp or PgDn to select Manual None or Auto typ...

Page 37: ...portunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline 32 Bit Data Transfer Enable Disable 32 bit Data Transfer Hard Disk Write Protect Disa...

Page 38: ...is Sub Menu contains Setup Items which control configuration of the Internal Graphics Display Device Floppy A Floppy B Select the type of floppy drive connected to the system The choice None 360KB 5 1...

Page 39: ...wap If the system has two floppy drives choose enable to assign physical driver B to logical drive A and Vice Versa The choice Disabled Enabled Serial Port 1 Port 2 Address Allows BIOS Select Serial P...

Page 40: ...different modes for the onboard parallel port Normal Switch to Normal mode Bi Directional Switch to Bi Directional mode ECP Switch to ECP mode EPP Switch to EPP mode ECP EPP Switch to ECP EPP mode Pa...

Page 41: ...8913VG2AR User s Manual 4 10 Hardware Health Configuration Configuration monitor the Hardware Health H W Health Function Enable or Disable Hardware Health Monitoring Device The choice Disabled Enable...

Page 42: ...BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8913VG2AR User s Manual 4 11 ME QST Hardware Health Configuration ACPI Configuration Select for Advanced ACPI Configuration S t o c k C h e c k c o m...

Page 43: ...ions are S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context is lost CPU or chipset and hardware maintains all system contexts S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state...

Page 44: ...DP pointers to 64 bit Fixed System Description Tables The choice ACPI v1 0 ACPI v2 0 ACPI v3 0 ACPI APIC support Include ACPI APIC table pointer to RSDT pointer list The choice Disabled Enabled AMI OE...

Page 45: ...ACPI options Energy Lake Feature Select the ACPI state used for System Suspend The choice Disabled Enabled APIC ACPI SCI IRQ Enable Disable APIC ACPI SCI IRQ The choice Disabled Enabled USB Device Wak...

Page 46: ...ROBO 8913VG2AR User s Manual 4 15 AHCI Configuration Select for AHCI Configuration AHCI CD DVD Boot Time out Some SATA CD DVD in AHCI mode need to wait ready longer The choice 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 S...

Page 47: ...ted to the system The choice Auto Not Installed S M A R T This allows you to activate the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology capability for the hard disks S M A R T is a utility t...

Page 48: ...Video Power Down Mode Select Power Down video in Suspend or Standby Mode The choice Disabled Suspend Hard Disk Power Down Mode Select Power Down Hard Disk in Suspend or Standby Mode The choice Disable...

Page 49: ...uspend when Power button is pressed The choice On Off Suspend Resume On Ring Disable Enable RI to generate a wake event The choice Disabled Enabled Resume On PCIE WAKE Disable Enable GPI to generate a...

Page 50: ...3VG2AR User s Manual 4 19 Event Log Configuration Mark as read Clear or View Event Log statistics Make all events as read Make all unread events as read Clear Event Log Discard all events in the Event...

Page 51: ...Select for Intel AMT Configuration Intel AMT Support Disable Enable Intel AMT function support The choice Disabled Enabled Force IDER The choice Disabled IDER Pri Master IDER Pri Slave IDER Sec Maste...

Page 52: ...evision This field allows you to select which MPS Multi Processor Specification version to be used for the operating system You need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system To fin...

Page 53: ...ion ROBO 8913VG2AR User s Manual 4 22 PCI Express Configuration Configure PCI Express Support Active State Power Management PCI Express L0s and L1 link power states The choice Disabled Enabled S t o c...

Page 54: ...nformation ROBO 8913VG2AR User s Manual 4 23 Smbios Configuration SMBIOS Configuration Menu Smbios Smi Support SMBIOS SMI Wrapper support for PnP Func 50h 54h The choice Disabled Enabled S t o c k C h...

Page 55: ...BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8913VG2AR User s Manual 4 24 Remote Access Configuration Remote Access Select Remote Access type The choice Disabled Enabled S t o c k C h e c k c o m...

Page 56: ...ny USB 1 1 2 0 driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix The choice Disabled Enabled Auto USB 2 0 Controller Mode This setting specifies the operation mode of the onboard USB 2 0 controller The choice...

Page 57: ...BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8913VG2AR User s Manual 4 26 4 4 PCIPnP Advanced PCI PnP setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction S t o c k C h e c k c o m...

Page 58: ...Q to PCI VGA Yes Assigns IRQ to PCI VGA card if card requests an IRQ No Does not assign IRQ to PCI VGA card even if card requests an IRQ The choice No Yes Palette Snooping Enabled informs the PCI devi...

Page 59: ...ble Reserved DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 Available Specified DMA is available to be used by PCI PnP devices Reserved Specified DMA is reserved f...

Page 60: ...tem manufacturer s full screen logo When it is enabled the BIOS will display the full screen logo during the boot up sequence hiding normal POST messages When it is disabled the BIOS will display the...

Page 61: ...r F1 If Error When this setting is set to Enabled and the boot sequence encounters an error it asks you to press F1 If disabled the system continues to boot without waiting for you to press any keys T...

Page 62: ...ll you be able to gain access to their ROM setup utilities The choice Disabled Enabled Boot Device Priority 1st Boot Device The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts...

Page 63: ...allows users to set the priority of the removable devices First press Enter to enter the sub menu Then you may use the arrow keys to select the desired device then press or PageUp PageDown key to mov...

Page 64: ...r Password controls access to the BIOS Setup utility These settings allow you to set or change the supervisor password User Password Change User Password User Password controls access to the system at...

Page 65: ...S Setup Information ROBO 8913VG2AR User s Manual 4 34 4 7 Chipset This menu controls the advanced features of the onboard Northbridge and Southbridge North Bridge Configuration S t o c k C h e c k c o...

Page 66: ...mory is reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB The choice Disabled 15MB 16MB Initiate Graphic Adapter Select which graphics controller to use as the primary...

Page 67: ...s processor It is recommended that you set this BIOS feature to DVMT Mode for maximum performance Setting it to DVMT Mode ensures that system memory is dynamically allocated for optimal balance betwee...

Page 68: ...l 4 37 Boot Display Device Use the field to select the type of device you want to use as the display s of the system The choice Auto CRT on Port 0 Spread Spectrum Clock The choice Disabled Enabled Sou...

Page 69: ...6 USB Ports 8x4 USB Ports USB 2 0 Controller Set to Enabled if you need to use any USB 2 0 device in the operating system that does not support or have any USB 2 0 driver installed such as DOS and SCO...

Page 70: ...S4 Min Assertion Width The choice 4 to 5 seconds 3to 4 seconds 2 to seconds 1 to 2 seconds Restore on AC Power Loss This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after...

Page 71: ...BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8913VG2AR User s Manual 4 40 ME Subsystem Configuration S t o c k C h e c k c o m...

Page 72: ...bled Enabled ME KT The choice Disabled Enabled FAN Speed Monitor1 The choice Disabled Enabled FAN Speed Monitor2 The choice Disabled Enabled QST Configuration The choice Unlocked Locked QST SST BUS Th...

Page 73: ...er s Manual 4 42 ME QST Hardware Health Configuration 4 8 Exit This menu allows you to load the BIOS default values or factory default settings into the BIOS and exit the BIOS setup utility with or wi...

Page 74: ...iscard Changes and Exit Abandon all changes and exit the Setup Utility Discard Changes Abandon all changes and continue with the Setup Utility Load Optimal Defaults Use this menu to load the default v...

Page 75: ...er your backplane is PICMG 1 3 backplane please contact with vendor or manufacturer P4 Power connector The CPU supplementary Power Connector J10 has to be connected to a system all the time no matter...

Page 76: ...ry configuration It is recommended to do this so you can be sure the system is running with the BIOS setting that Portwell has highly endorsed As a matter of fact users can load the default BIOS setti...

Page 77: ...System Timer IRQ 1 Keyboard Event IRQ 2 Usable IRQ IRQ 3 COM2 IRQ 4 COM1 IRQ 5 Usable IRQ IRQ 6 Diskette Event IRQ 7 Usable IRQ IRQ 8 Real Time Clock IRQ 9 Usable IRQ IRQ 10 Usable IRQ IRQ 11 Usable...

Page 78: ...ssible system devices such as PCI device backplane and so on If the system still cannot boot up please fill out RMA from which is provides on Portwell website and then send back to Portwell as a RMA B...

Page 79: ...upport Department to request a new BIOS to solve this problem Technical Support Department Mailto tsd portwell com tw Question I forget my password of system BIOS what am I supposed to do Answer You c...

Page 80: ...4F 0 3K BIOS Data Area 0050 006F 0 5K System Data 0700 0483 16K DOS 0484 053F 2 9K Program Area 0540 9EFE 614K Available 9EFE 9EFE 0 1K Unused Conventional memory ends at 640K 9F00 9FBF 3K Extended BI...

Page 81: ...imer IRQ 1 System ROM Keyboard Event IRQ 2 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 3 System ROM COM2 IRQ 4 System ROM COM1 IRQ 5 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 6 System ROM Diskette Event IRQ 7 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ...

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